'Lysistrata Jones' to Close on Broadway

Give It Up! finally gives it up — after two months on Broadway as Lysistrata Jones. The good news? We’ll probably have Liz Mikel back.

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Despite exceptional reviews (notably in the NYTimes, still pretty much the only one that matters there) — and yes, some negative notices, too — the basketball musical, Lysistrata Jones, which started at the Dallas Theater Center as Give It Up! will close after the January 8th matinee, this Sunday. That’s after two months of weak sales but a strong run off-Broadway.

Dallas Theater Center company member Liz Mikel was the only North Texas actor to appear in all three productions. Perhaps she’ll be coming home now ….

Jerome Weeks is the Senior Arts Reporter/Producer for KERA. Previously at The Dallas Morning News, he was the book columnist for 10 years and the drama critic for 10 years before that. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre and Men’s Vogue magazines. View more about Jerome Weeks.